After 2 Eveready NiMH packages had bad slow chargers, I reasoned that the
price of the package was quite reasonable even without the charger. Since I
got a fast 1 hour charger at Walmart and proved that the batteries were
good, I consider the slow charger garbage. I'll write a nastygram to
Eveready about it, but at the price of the package I could buy quite a few
sets, throw out the chargers and still be ahead.... Strange marketing.
-Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: <zuikosis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: RE: [OM] NiMh in flash?
> Chip --
>
> I just got a new charger and it has two red and two green LEDs
> The charger only charges pairs of AAA's, AA's, C's or D's
> The lights or LEDs turn on when two cells are inserted for charging.
> When charging is completed the LED goes out.
>
>
> The new charger's are a big improvement on the old style which did
> not have LED's
>
> Does this help ?
>
> -- Hank
>
> olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > Very odd! Do all of the cells show the same voltage when you pull them
outof the charger? Are you measuring with a good digital volt meter? If you
> have one really bad cell that could keep the flash from charging.
>
> Also, near the end of the charge period, feel the battery cells. They
should
> each be at least a little bit warm (not hot) if they have reached full
> charge. If one of them is hotter than or colder than the others, it may be
a
> bad cell.
>
> Chip Stratton
>
>
>
> > Well, I got the first set of 4 charged in the slow charger. The
batteries
> > were in the charger for 24 hours. The ready light was on. Pulled them
out
> > and put right in a T32. Hadn't lit the flash ready light after a minute.
> > Dumped the existing charge and loaded with some old, low-reading
> > alkalines.
> > Came up in 30 seconds. Fresh alkalines are on the order of 10
> > seconds or so
> > to charge. Maybe I need to check the AC outlet! Hard to believe I
> > could get
> > 2 bad chargers.... It IS discouraging, though.
> >
> >
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